About Film Studies Research, MPhil/PhD. REF rankings 2014. 87% of our research is rated 3* or 4* - indicating internationally excellent and world-leading quality – and 100% being awarded the same rating for its impact.

Agent-based computational simulations are now widely employed to study the evolution of behaviour, e.g., predator-prey simulations, the evolution of cooperation and altruism, the evolution of niches and food chains.

In February 2016, the Guardian newspaper ran a story with the headline ‘Police 'used sexualised violence against fracking protesters’, reporting that campaigners at Barton Moss in Salford against fracking had claimed to researchers they were groped and threatened by Greater Manchester officers.

We offer two postgraduate research programmes. Film Studies PhD/MA by Research. and our. Audio-Visual PhD. We offer promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain.